Naval Postgraduate School - Navigating The Military Internet

Navigating The Military Internet

Official Sites
- Service Level
- Other
Mailing Lists
- Military Service Lists
- Other
Newsletters
News Services
Specialized Search Engines
- Web Search Sites
- Major Invisible Web Search Sites
Directories / Gateways / Portals
Specialized Databases
Major Periodical & Publication Sites
- Periodicals
  - Indexes & Lists
  - Individual Journals
- Publications
  - Service Publishing Pages
  - General Sites

Watchdog Agencies
Congressional Materials
Military Bibliographies
General Military Information Sites
Doctrine Websites
Military History Sites
International Organizations
Comprehensive Links Sites
Individual Sites
Think Tanks and Research Centers
Military Schools & Libraries
- Major Collections
- Professional Military Educations [PME] Schools
Military FOIA [Freedom of Information Act] Sites
Defense Budget Information
Defense Research
Locator Services
Abbreviations & Acronyms
Miscellaneous Sites
Fun

Legend

- NPS access only	- Full text	- Password required
- Army Knowledge Online	- Navy Knowledge Online	- Air Force Portal

The following links are provided for research and information purposes only to be used by students, faculty and staff.

Official Sites

Service Level

US Air Force (AirForceLink)

US Army (ArmyLink)

US Coast Guard

US Marine Corps (MarineLink)

US Navy

Other

Department of Defense (DefenseLink)
    Site Map
    Web Sites

Department of Veterans Affairs
    Burial & Memorial Benefits
    Center for Women Veterans
    Congressional & Legislative Affairs
    Health Benefits & Services
    Benefits Administration
    State Veterans Affairs Offices
    Veteran Data & Information

DeploymentLink

GulfLink

National Guard (GuardLink)

Reserve Affairs (Office of the Secretary of Defense)

Mailing Lists

Subscribing to the various mailing lists that are related to your area of interest or research can help you keep current with changes and new resources as well as giving you a specialized group that you can communicate questions and concerns to.

Military Service Lists

MLD-L
Military Librarians Division of the Special Libraries Association] MLD-L focuses on MLD business and activities and DoD job listings. MLD-L became a moderated list open to MLD members only

Other
CataList
This is the official catalog of LISTSERV lists. Over 48,000 public listserv lists are listed

GAO (Government Accountability Office)
Daybook daily email notices of newly released GAO reports and testimony

GOVDOC-L
Information about government information and the Federal Depository Library program

Lists maintained by FLICC [Federal Library and Information Center Committee]
    FEDLIB: Federal Librarians Discussion List
        FEDLIB is a moderated mailing list intended for the staff of libraries and information centers in the US federal government but others are welcome to join.
    FEDLIB-IT: Federal Librarians Information
        Technology Discussion FEDLIBIT is a moderated list intended for libraries and information centers in the federal government; however, other subscribers are welcome to join.
    FEDREF-L: Federal Reference Librarians' Discussion List
        FEDREF-L is a moderated list for reference librarians in the federal government, although other subscribers are welcome to join.

H-War
H-War is a moderated electronic discussion group and bulletin board for scholars, librarians, and teachers in the field of military history
    H-War Subscribe

H-Minerva
H-Minerva is a discussion network devoted the study of women and war and women in the military, worldwide and in all historical areas
    H-Minerva Subscribe

Yahoo! Groups
This site allows you to search for groups by subject or browse their categories

Newsletters

Subscribing to the various newsletter sites can help you keep current with new events, publications and news stories. An increasing number of sites allow you to sign up for their free email newsletters and information.

Official Defense Sites
Air Force News Service (AFNS)

Army News

Defense News

Marine Corps News

Navy News Service

Unofficial Defense Related Sites
Armed Forces News
Newsletter for Armed Forces Personnel and Retirees [weekly email sign-up]

FedWeek Email newsletters

Jane's News Site
also has links to regional news

MilitaryReport.com
freely weekly email newsletter giving the latest news and information covering changes affecting the military community
    Archives page
    Has links to a number of important reports and useful charts (e.g. military and civilian pay schedules, drill pay charts, leave charts and more
    Subscription signup

NOSI-Naval Open Source Intelligence(TM)
This digital library of world naval operational news provides listing of open sources news sites. The articles are specifically related to naval topics

Other Useful Sites

Docuticker
Provides a daily update of new reports from government agencies, NGOs, think tanks and more

Librarians' Internet Index listserv

ResearchBuzz
Provides almost daily updates on search engines, new data managing software, browser technology, large compendiums of information, Web directories and more. You can subscribe to get the newsletter at the website

News Services

Public Affairs Offices
Air Force Media Center

Army Public Affairs

Coast Guard Public Affairs

Marine Corps Public Affairs

Navy Public Affairs Centers

DoD-Wide
DefenseLink News
    Transcripts of News Briefings
    News Articles
    DoD News Photos
    Live News Briefings
    Press Advisories
    Speeches

CENTCOM [United States Central Command] News

Defense Imagery

Defense Information School

Defense Media Activity (DMA)

EarlyBird
[restrictions]

EUCOM [United States European Command] News

Open Source Center
(formerly FBIS: Foreign Broadcast Information Service)
The Open Source Center "collects and translates current political, economic, technical, and military information from the media worldwide for the U.S. government

PACOM [United States Pacific Command] News

Pentagon Channel
The Pentagon Channel broadcasts military news and information for the 2.6 million members of the U.S. Armed Forces through programming including: Department of Defense news briefings, Military news, Interviews with top Defense officials, Short stories about the work of our military

Stars and Stripes

Service & Command Level

Air Force

Air Force News

Air Force TV News

Army
Army Public Affairs
This has Army news stories, news releases and speeches

Army Pentagon News Watch
This is a five-minute radio newscast produced Monday through Friday

Soldiers Radio and Television
This service provides command information, news and entertainment to Army installations in the US and overseas

Marine Corps
Marine Corps News

Marine Corps Link Press Releases

Navy

Navy News Service
1993 forward

Coast Guard
Coast Guard News and Information

National Guard
NewsCenter

Non-DoD but Defense Related
Air Force Times

Armed Forces News

Army Times

FedWeek.com

Marine Corps Times

Military Report

Militarycity.com

Navy Times

Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs
Canadian Forces College

Stratfor.com
Provides comprehensive news, in-depth analysis, and commentary of significant geopolitical, economic, and military events. Categories include: global, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Russia & CIS, hotspots, Global Intelligence update, weekly analysis, forecasts

Specialized Search Engines

Web Search Sites

Beaucoup.com
over 2000 search engines, indices and directories

BIG Search Engine Index
list of 701 search engines covering mp3, web, people, news, regions, etc

CompletePlanet
Government
Military

FedWorld - US Govt Web Info
Search U.S. Government Web Sites with GPO's Pathway Indexer

GISearch.com

Google! US Government
Searches only .gov and .mil

GovSearch search engine [GlobalMaster]
.mil & .gov only - combines SearchMil.com and SearchGov.com

Military Search Database
fee for service

Political Information.com
Searches the political web -- think tanks, public policy, lobby groups and politician web sites

SearchMil.com
Searches only .mil

Major Invisible Web Search Sites
Digital Librarian: a Librarian's choice of the best of the web

IncyWincy

Infomine Multiple Database Search

Invisible Web Databases
from about.com

Lexibot
software tool

Directories / Gateways / Portals

Air Force Crossroads
official community website of the Air Force

Air University -- Air War College (AWC) Gateway to Internet Resources
& Capabilities, Information Operations, Special Operations, Space Operations & Systems, Military and Space Doctrine, Strategy & Military Theory, Military Education Online, Education and Technology, Future Studies, Visioning & Strategic Planning, Military Medicine, and Health and Fitness

Air University -- Leadership, Ethics and Command Central
This site includes links organized for topics such as Leadership, ethics and command, NCO & enlisted, Chaplain resources, family support and travel, communications and thinking skills, resources for AF historians, laws and legal links, Personnel & Resource management, and military professionalism

Air War College Military Quick-Portal

Google Web Directory
    Society > Military
    Science > Technology > Military Science

GovSpot
    Defense
    Intelligence

Military.Com
Links to sites of the U.S. military, schools, veterans, POW/MIA, news, jobs, weapons, chat

Military Network Web
This provides a good central site for the dissemination of information and services to members of the armed forces

Military-Net.Com
A military resource and information guide

MilitaryInfo.com
directory of military news information

Military USA.com

PeopleSpot [Military category]

USA.gov
this is the only official U.S. Government portal to the over 30 million pages of government information

War Times Journal Portal
The Portal link list is an on-line military resource for researchers, hobbyists, military professionals and all others with an interest in military history, science and defense. The list is composed entirely of sites relating to the active prosecution of warfare and military issues

Yahoo - Military

Specialized Databases

US Air Force Military Heritage Database

Air University Student Research Papers Database
includes full-text

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
DTIC is the central Department of Defense facility for providing access to and facilitating the exchange of scientific and technical information

DTIC Online

This provides access to all unclassified, unlimited document citations and in many cases the full-text of the many reports added into DTIC's collection. As a clearinghouse for DOD produced publications or funded research, this is a very comprehensive resource. T

Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST)
FIRST is a free-of-charge service for politicians, journalists, researchers and the interested public and is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The information available includes: agreements, conflicts and peacekeeping activities, arms production and trade, military expenditure, weapons of mass destruction, armed forces and conventional weapons holdings, political systems and country indicators and more.

The History Net

INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences)
Provides access to articles, conference papers, research reports and slide presentation in the Operations Research field. Coverage begins in 1976

International Signal Flags
Maritime Signal Flags and Semaphore Flags

Manufacturers Identification Code (MIC) Database
This provides the Coast Guard's current list of US and Canadian recreational boat manufacturers and importers

Naval Supply Systems Command 's Naval Logistics Library Website
This site contains only approved documents and is free to all users

NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) Digital Library
All the NACA reports are available full-text

NAIL (National Archives Information Locator) Database
This can be used to search the various holdings of many of the National Archives holdings across the country. Included are: microfilm publications descriptions, archival holdings descriptions and digital copies

NASA Astrophysics Data System
NASA-funded project that provides free access to the full text of articles in astronomy and astrophysics. Most of the major astronomical journals are included

NTRS/NASA Technical Reports
This database provides access to publicly available online NASA documents covering aeronautical and space science. There are over 2,000 full-text reports

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
This is a clearinghouse of government produced technical report literature (including public release DOD reports). Unlike DTIC, none of the NTIS reports are available as full-text.

SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)
    Arms Industry Database
    Arms Transfers Database
    Military Expenditure Database
    Multilateral Peace Operations Database

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Residue-Effects Database (ERED)

VIETNAM-ERA PRISONER-OF-WAR/MISSING-IN-ACTION DATABASE
Library of Congress, Federal Reference Division

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Searchable Wall Database
detailed information for names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

War Movie Database
from Internet Movie Database Genre-War - over 8,000 hits

Major Periodical & Publication Sites

This covers sites which house the full-text of periodicals, and various publications including technical reports, research reports, theses or other reports done that have an emphasis on military, defense or national security issues. Other sections which also include links to publications include: Defense Budget, Congressional Materials, Military History, Doctrine sites, International Organizations, Military Think Tanks, Watchdog Agencies, Military FOIA, Military Bibliographies, Specialized Databases.

Periodicals

Indexes & Lists
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals (AULIMP)
    DTIC

MERLN
The Internet version begins in 1990 and provides indexing to significant articles, news items, editorials and books reviews appearing in military and aeronautical periodicals, many of which are not indexed elsewhere

Staff College Automated Military Periodicals Index (SCAMPI)
This was developed to support the curriculum of the Armed Forces Staff College, this is similar to the Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals and provides selected citations to journal articles and selected documents and reports. Subject, author and keyword indexing is provided. Access is via the Military Education and Research Library Network

DoD and Military Electronic Journals
This list is compiled and maintained by the staff of the Air University Library

Military Full Text E-Journals
This list is complied and maintained by the staff at the National Defense University Library

Individual Journals
Air & Space Power Journal
available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese and Spanish

Joint Force Quarterly

Military Review
available in English, Portuguese and Spanish

Naval War College Review
    Subject Index

Parameters
    Index of articles and review essays

War Times Journal
    Archives
    Articles

Wars

Publications

Service Publishing Pages
Air Force Publishing

Army Publishing Directorate
    Official Army Publishing Sites

Coast Guard Directives and Publications

Marine Corps Publications
    Links to Sites with Digitized Publications used by the Marine Corps

General Sites
Air University Student Research Papers
includes ACSC, AFFP, AFIT, AWC, CADRE, SAAS

Allied Contributions to the Common Defense -DoD
1995 forward

Annual Report to the President and the Congress - Dept. of Defense
1995 -2005

Annual Report on Military Expenditures
US Dept of State

Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA)
became part of the Department of State in April 1999. The archive is available as part of the Electronic Research Collection of historic State Department materials hosted by the federal depository library at the University of Illinois at Chicago at where speeches, reports, treaties and more can be found

Bates Papers
Located at the Naval War College, these are the personal papers of Rear Admiral Richard W. Bates (1892-1973) and cover the years 1915-1973. They consist of correspondence, subject's files, writings, speeches, and miscellaneous items

Central Intelligence Agency
    Reports and Publications
        includes World Factbook, Factbook on Intelligence, CIA Annual Reports and more
    Center for the Study of Intelligence Publications
        including Studies in Intelligence, and books and monographs by this Center

Center For Military History: Online Bookshelves

Cold War International History Project (CWIHP)
The Cold War International History Project disseminates new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War, in particular new findings from previously inaccessible sources on "the other side" -- the former Communist world
    Virtual Document Library
includes the Bulletin, Working Papers and Book series

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
this has full-text reports organized in categories such as National Security, Science, Space and R & D policy, and Trade & International Affairs
    Studies and Reports
    Cost Estimates
    Testimony
    Techincal Papers

CBD&CDP Web
Counterproliferation and Chemical/Biological Defense Programs
    including the Nuclear/Biological/Chemical (NBC) Defense Annual Report to Congress and the Counterproliferation Program Review Committee Annual Report to Congress

Defence Research Reports
Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC))

Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service (DACOWITS)
    Issue Books
    Recommendations

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB)
    Reports, Documents, Speeches and Statements

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
    Haze Gray & Underway

Naval History & Heritage Command

Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) Publications

DoD Inspector General (DODIG)
    Audit and Evaluation Reports
    Testimony

DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

DOD Personnel & Procurement Statistics
    Procurement
    Personnel
        Military Personnel
        Civilian Personnel
        Military Casualty

Fact File pages
Fact File pages focus primarily on weapons, ships, aircraft and related equipment
    Air Force
    Army
    Navy

Henry Clay Hofheimer II Lecture Series (Joint Forces Staff College)
The Hofheimer Lecture Series includes lectures yearly by former military or political leaders of national reputation and stature. Each of these leaders lectures, teaches, and writes about matters of national or international strategic importance

Joint Electronic Library (JEL)
This provides access to all current Joint Publications
    Joint Publications
        Capstone Pubs
        Reference Pubs
        Series 1-0: Personnel
        Series 2-0: Intelligence
        Series 3-0: Operations
        Series 4-0: Logistics
        Series 5-0: Planning
        Series 6-0: C4 Systems
    DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
    Service Publications
    History Publications
    CJCS Directives
    Research Publications
    Joint Force Quarterly
    Common Perspective

Lectures At the Industrial College of the Armed Forces
"Transcripts of unclassified lectures given at ICAF. Currently only lectures from 1946, 1955 and 1956 are posted in an author list; a complete author/title listing is in production at this time. At completion almost 1200 lectures will be included representing the years 1946-1965. These papers are searchable through MERLN. [National Defense University]"

Military Balance

Militarily Critical Technologies List (MCTL)

National Academy Press Online Publications or Alternate
more than 2,000 online publications in subject areas such as: computers & technology, engineering, environmental issues, health& medicine, international issues, mathematics & physics, policy& research issues, space, transportation and more

National Security Archive (George Washington University)
Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
    Briefing Books

National Security Council

Naval Research Advisory Committee
    Published Reports

Naval Research Laboratory's Ruth H. Hooker Research Library
They have digitized the NRL technical reports and they are available through their online catalog

Naval Studies Board
    NSB Reports

Science Boards
    Defense Science Board (DSB)
        Reports
        [limited full-text]
    Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB)
        Publications
    Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (AFSAB)
        Report Archives
        [1995 forward]
    Army Science Board
        Studies
        [1988 forward]
    Naval Studies Board
        Reports
    Space Studies Board
        Reports

U.S. Army Center for Military History
    Online Bookshelves

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
    Army Heritage Collection Online

US-Russia Joint Commission Documents Database
[Library of Congress, Federal Reference Division]"…(the so-called "Task Force Russia" documents) consist of the minutes of plenary sessions, reports from the working group sessions, and the translation of Russian-language documents retrieved from various archives in the Russian Federation pertaining to American personnel missing from World War II to the present."

United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
    Publications
        [Peace Watch, Peaceworks, & Special Reports]

Virtual Technical Reports Center (University of Maryland Libraries)
links to Institutions that provide either full-text reports or searchable extended abstracts of their technical reports on the web. These include technical reports, preprints, reprints, dissertations, theses, and research reports

West Point Atlases
A collection of on-line maps covering wars from the eighteenth century to the present day.

World War II Resources
[primary source documents on the web]

Watchdog Agencies

Government Accountability Office [GAO] (formerly: General Accounting Office)
GAO is the investigative arm of Congress. They examine the use of public funds and evaluate federal programs and activities

Air Force Inspector General
MAJCOM Inspector Generals

Army Inspector General

DOD Inspector General
Publications

Marine Corps Inspector General

Navy Inspector General

Congressional Materials

Library of Congress' Thomas
[Legislative Information on the Internet] This site provides access to bills, laws, documents, reports, committee information, roll call votes and the congressional record.

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
CBO provides Congress with nonpartisan analyses of information needed for economic and budget issues. The web site has full-text studies and reports, testimony, cost estimates, technical papers and other documents.

House Armed Services Committee
Provides links to the various House committees. Most committee sites have links to recent publications, hearings and bills. Of particular interest are several House Armed Services Committee series.
    National Security Reports
    Military Readiness Review
    Defense Quotables

Senate
Provides links to the various Senate committees. Most committee sites have links to recent publications, hearings and bills.

Pentagon Library
    DoD Appropriations Laws
    DoD National Defense Authorization Laws
    Military Construction Appropriations Laws

Military Bibliographies

Many are done on various topics by different military libraries or groups. Some of interest are:

Air University Library Bibliographies

Joint Forces Staff College Library

Marine Corps University Research Center

Naval History & Heritage Command

U.S. Army Military History Institute

U.S. Army War College Library

Online Bibliography of Military Leadership

General Military Information Sites

AFLIS - Air Force Library & Information Service
    Links to the following categories: Air force Libraries, other Air Force links, other DoD links, Military Periodical & News Services, and other sites of interest.
    AFLIS Directory
    provides a comprehensive list with links to all Air Force libraries including breakdowns by library type and find [e.g. major command]

Army Technology
[Defense industry] Links currents projects, equipment catalog, A-Z company index, organizations and more.

Army Technology Projects link
[main battle tanks, armored fighting vehicles, artillery systems, attack and support helicopters, air defense missile systems, anti-armor missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles

Bluejacket.com

BUBL Military Science
This guide, out of a UK university, covers military resources around the world.

Defense Intelligence Agency

DefenseLINK Graphics
Military Seals [JPS, EPS and/or WMF formats of the color and black and white seals for DOD, JCS, each service, the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Reserve, the National Guard and Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve

Defense Visual Information

Federation of American Scientists
"FAS conducts analysis and advocacy on science, technology and public policy, including national security, nuclear weapons, arms sales, biological hazards, secrecy, and space policy"
    101 - An Introduction to the Military

GI Search
[free but registration is required - for help with finding military personnel - former and active]

Global Security Organization
    Military Resources

Goat Locker
[unofficial USN Chief Petty Officer page with lots of good links and background information]
    Submarine page
    Haze Gray and Underway Page

GPO ACCESS Browse Topics- military history

HyperWar: a hypertext history of World War II on the web
[categories -- Politics & Diplomacy, Military/Service Histories, Pacific Theater of Operations, European Theater of Operations and more]

LIFELines

Military Channel
From Discovery.com

Military Education and Research Library Network [MERLN]
Provides access to library catalogs at each branch of the armed forces' academies and war colleges and other PME schools. This also allows you to search the Air University Library Index to Military periodicals as well as the Staff College Automated Military Periodicals Index (SCAMPI)

MILNET
Open Source Military Information Database with categories such as Intelligence Agencies, Military Information, Terrorism and Conflicts]

Naval History & Heritage Command and the Navy Department Library's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page

President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB)

Rongstad's Worldwide Military Links
[more than 2,500 links]

Uboat.Net
the U-Boat war of 1939-1945 has over 7,000 pages

U.S. Naval Institute

Web Sources for Military History or Alternate
    [Richard Jensen] - very comprehensive site or

World Wide Web Virtual Library
Links to a large number of well-organized topical sites that are then broken down to sub-categories. Categories include: engineering, international affairs, regional studies, and science. Each of the following examples have numerous sub-categories
    Virtual Library -- History
    Virtual Library -- Engineering
    Virtual Library -- Science
    Virtual Library -- International Affairs
    Virtual Library - Political Science

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Naval and Maritime
Sub-links include: aviation, coast guard, Marine Corps, international navies, periodicals, piracy, SEALs, ships, submarines and more.

Doctrine Websites

Joint Doctrine
    Joint Electronic Library
        Other Doctrine Related Sites

DCSDOC, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe
    Army Doctrine Online

Engineer-Proponent Publications, Fort Leonard Wood

The Center for Army Lessons Learned, Fort Leavenworth

Field Artillery Doctrine, Fort Sill

Signal Corps Doctrine, Fort Gordon

U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM), Fort Lee

Military Police Doctrine, Fort Leonard Wood, MO

Chemical Doctrine, Fort McCellan

Army Publishing Directorate

Navy Warfare Development Command

Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk

Military Analysis Network DoctrineLINK

Military History Sites

Air Force Historical Research Agency

Air Force History Support Office

Air Force Museum

Army Center for Military History
List of Military History Links

Army Institute of Heraldry

Army Military History Institute

Hyper War : a Hypertext History of the Second World War

Joint Chiefs of Staff History Publications

Marine Corps History

Military History and Related Info (Air War College)

Military History Channel

Military Women Veterans Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow

Naval History & Heritage Command

Naval History Information Center

National Archives

United States Naval & Shipbuilding Museum

Veterans History Project
Library of Congress

WASP on the Web
Women Airforce Service Pilots Tribute

Women In the Military

International Organizations

Comprehensive Links Sites
Alphabetical List from Northwestern University Library

Foreign Affairs Online
    NGOs and IGOs

International Organizations and NGOs
A listing of over 40,000 international non-profit organizations for the Union of International Associations (UIA)

Yahoo listings

Individual Sites
European Union (EU)
Official Documents

Inter-American Defense Board (IADB)
This international military organization promotes cooperative security interest in the Western Hemisphere.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
    Publications

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
    On-Line Library

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
    Data online
    Statistics

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
    Documents Library

United Nations (UN)
    Security Council

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
    Publications

World Bank
    Resources

Defense Budget Information

Air Force Budget Materials

Army Budget Materials

Navy and Marine Corps
Budget Resources Directory

Defense Research

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
This is a listing of the five university research laboratories that the Navy maintains an MOU [Memorandum of Understanding] with and they work on problems that are of interest to the Navy

Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
This is a listing of the five university research laboratories that the Navy maintains an MOU [Memorandum of Understanding] with and they work on problems that are of interest to the Navy

Locator Services

Commercial Sites
GISearch

Global SpecOps Military Locator Services Directory

Military.com Personnel Locator

Military-Brats Registry

Military Locator and Reunion Services
includes a list of current reunions

Military Personnel Locator Services
This is a listing from About.com

MilitaryInfo.com People locator and reunion information

DoD Sites
Department of Defense (DoD) Directory White Pages
.mil sites only. Requires Common Access Card (CAC)

Department of Defense NIC (Network Information Center)

Defense Switched Network (DSN)

Requests for Military Mailing Addresses

Air Force
Air National Guard Directory
with personnel search

Unofficial USAF Email Locator for past, present and retired members

Marine Corps / Navy
Locating Marines

Marine Corps Locator

Navy/Marine Corps White Pages Directory

General
Tracing Former Military Personnel In The U.S.
American Embassy London

Abbreviations & Acronyms

Acronym Dictionary
compiled by the Air Force Research Laboratory

Acronym Finder
searchable database of more than 190,000 abbreviations and acronyms about computers, technology, telecommunications, and military acronyms and abbreviations.

DoD & Information Technology Acronym List

DOD Dictionary of military terms

Globemaster Dictionary
contains abbreviations and acronyms of all military service branches

Glossary of Military Terms, Phrases, Abbreviations, Slang

Glossary of U.S. Naval Code Words (NAVEXOS P-474)

HyperWar World War II on the WorldWideWeb Abbreviations, Acronyms, Codewords, Terms

Jane's Defence Glossary

Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations

Military Acronyms

USNI Military Abbreviations, Acronyms and terms

Miscellaneous Sites

Foreign Affairs Online
is designed to assist students and other individuals interested in International Relations, International Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy

Federal Digital System
New Electronic Titles [NET]

Librarian's Index to the Internet
is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 7,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries.

Terraserver
This is one of the largest databases in the world and it provides stored satellite imagery of the U.S.

Fun

Murphy's Laws of Combat Operations

Military Digital Postcards

DOD Postcards
send images as postcards

Guard Toons - military cartoon about the Army and Air National Guard

Revised: 02/19/2007